M&A Deal Summary

Sandvik Acquires Metso Powdermet AB

On November 23, 2006, Sandvik acquired machinery company Metso Powdermet AB from Metso Outotec

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sandvik’s 3rd transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Sandvik’s 2nd transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-11-23
Target Metso Powdermet AB
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Sandvik
Sellers(s) Metso Outotec
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Metso Powdermet AB

Surahammar, Sweden
Metso Powdermet AB, based in Surahammar, Sweden, is a supplier of powder metallurgy hot isostatic pressing (HIP) products and components. It provides material technology solutions mainly for offshore, general engineering and energy industry customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sandvik

Stockholm, Sweden

Category Company
Founded 1862
Sector Engineering
Employees41,400
Revenue 122.9B SEK (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Sandvik operates as a global engineering company. Sandvik is a high-technology and global industrial group that produces products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability, and safety. Sandvik was founded in 1862 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 62
Sector: Machinery M&A 3 of 11
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 5
Country: Sweden M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2006 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-09-18 Implementos Mineros SA

Santiago, Chile

Implementos Mineros SA is a producer and supplier of consumables for rotary drilling and RC (reverse circulation) drilling within mineral exploration.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-29 GE Superabrasives

Worthington, Ohio, United States

GE Superabrasives , Inc. is a manufacturer of diamond, cubic boron nitride, and polycrystalline products. GE Superabrasives works directly with the end users to develop products and applications.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Metso Outotec

Helsinki, Finland

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Machinery
Employees17,424
Revenue 4.9B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions, and services for the aggregates, minerals processing, and metals refining industries globally. Metso was founded in 1990 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector: Machinery M&A 2 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 8
Country: Sweden M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-31 Reedrill

Denison, Texas, United States

Reedrill is a manufacturer of surface drilling equipment for use in the mining, construction and utility industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-02 Bulk Equipment Systems and Technologies

Brunswick, Ohio, United States

B.E.S.T. Inc. is a supplier of shredder downstream equipment, as well as process control and optimization technologies in North America. It owns engineering and manufacturing facility with a technical test laboratory in Cleveland.

Buy €9M